Posted by Miriam Elman ▪ Monday, June 5, 2017 at 8:30pm6/5/2017 at 8:30pm

Note: This post is the first in our daily re-created
coverage of the Six-Day War. Starting Monday June 5 and concluding
on Saturday June 10, we will cover each night the war as the events
happened in 1967. For a prelude, see

Posted by Mary Chastain ▪ Monday, June 5, 2017 at 8:30am6/5/2017 at 8:30am

Officials in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) have all announced the countries have severed
diplomatic ties with Qatar due to terrorism and extremism. From
The Guardian:

The official state news agency, citing an official source, said
Saudi Arabia had decided to sever diplomatic and consular relations
with...